Gold Coast Commonwealth Games body criticised by minister

Queensland's government has criticised Commonwealth Games organisers for communicating poorly with the opening ceremony's unsuccessful bidders, but a report shows the overall tender process was fair.

Three failed local bidders have publicly expressed concern about the perceived influence of Gold Coast Games Corporation technical advisers, Mik Auckland and Celia Smith, in the organising committee's decision to award the opening ceremony tender to US company Jack Morton Worldwide (JMW).

The husband-and-wife team were both previously employed by JMW, but they have strenuously denied claims of bias.

Commonwealth Games Minister Stirling Hinchliffe said an independent probity audit report into the tender process, tabled in parliament on Thursday, found the tender process was fair and in accordance with government principles.

"I believe the matter is dealt with, all the documents relating to the independent probity audit are now tabled in parliament, they're available for the whole of the Queensland community to see," Mr Hinchliffe said.

"I'm satisfied that we need to go forward with delivering a great games."

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However, the minister urged anyone who had any evidence the tender was either unfair or not compliant with government principles to take it to the state's auditor-general.

Mr Hinchliffe also chastised the organising committee's poor communication with the three unsuccessful bidders.

He said being told they hadn't won before Christmas and then being advised to expect a debrief sometime in the New Year was simply not good enough.

"Everyone should have been debriefed when they were notified, not handed a letter and told to wait till after Christmas," the minister said.

"All of the bidders are well-respected experts in a highly-specialised field that operates in an international marketplace; they should've had this sort of courtesy extended to them."